Here are some pictures of all the materials, including the sugar petals pieces. Unfortunately, the left bra cup got a little smashed so it is misshapen. But I think it will work itself out.
To cover the bra, I decided to reinforce the thin covering fabric by ironing on fusible interfacing. I made the bra cup pattern out of interfacing and then I cut the material. I forgot how to do fusible interfacing (and I didn't read the directions) so the first set I burned. Luckily, there was more fabric to spare.
Once I cut and fused all the pieces, I started covering the bra. I did something different this time, which I think helped. All of my other bras were so time consuming and the ended up looking bulky. Let's just say in the past, there has been a lot of pulling hand stitches. So this time I bought super strong "button" thread. It is very thick and it doesn't ravel. I basted the fabric onto the cups and made sure it would work. Then I took brand new regular thread(need it for costumes, don't ever think of using thread that is over a year old for costumes) and I whip-stitched around, cleaning up the areas that were a little weird.
I think these are the best looking bra cups that I've ever covered because I didn't start with an existing bra and then try to cover it. Starting from scratch (sort of) is much easier. The left bra is still a little wonky, but that is because it got crushed to begin with.
Now I am working on covering the side pieces. I decided to cover both sides of them with the main fabric, but I didn't want to have seams on the edges so I covered the back side first. Then I worked on the right side by taking the excess and folding it under on the wrong side. I whip stitched the folded part. I think it will make it holdup better over time.
Next up is doing the little center piece, which kind of scares me, and then I'll attach all of the pieces together. And viola! I'll have a bra!
1 comment:
que bonita, bella!
i can't wait to see the outcome!
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